Tag: CPUs
AMD’s x86 CPU share gains against Intel in the desktop and server segments were due in part to ‘surprisingly strong’ shipments of the company’s Ryzen 5000 processors as well as its 4th– Gen EPYC chips in the first quarter, according to Mercury Research. AMD’s share in the x86 CPU market share inched upward against Intel…
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The Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant claims that the new M4 system-on-chip inside the forthcoming 11- and 13-inch iPad Pro tablets has more powerful AI processing capabilities than processors powering any Windows-based AI PC on the market today. Apple is using the reveal of its new, M4-powered iPad Pro tablets to claim it’s far ahead of…
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For the week ending May 3, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Insight Enterprises, D&H Distributing, MongoDB, Intel and Sterling. The Week Ending May 3 Topping this week’s Came to Win is solution provider heavyweight Insight Enterprises for a strategic acquisition that adds ServiceNow expertise…
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In Apple’s first-quarter earnings call, the chief executive of Apple says the company will make an announcement in the ‘weeks head’ and added that he expects generative AI capabilities to come to the ‘vast majority of our devices.’ Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company plans to share details “soon” about new generative AI capabilities…
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CRN rounds up five cool AI and high-performance computing servers from Dell Technologies, Lenovo, Supermicro and Gigabyte that use AMD’s Instinct MI300 chips, which launched a few months ago to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the AI computing space. AMD is making its biggest challenge yet to Nvidia’s dominance in the AI computing space with its…
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The semiconductor giant says its AI model optimization work is important because ‘models form the backbone of AI-enhanced software features like object removal, image super resolution or text summarization.’ Intel said it has optimized more than 500 AI models for its Core Ultra processors, calling the move a “significant milestone” in its effort to position…
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In AMD’s first-quarter earnings call, CEO Lisa Su teases that the company will share details in the ‘coming months’ about new Instinct accelerator chips for data centers arriving ‘later this year into 2025’ amid heightened competition with Nvidia. AMD’s business is in much better shape than it was a year ago, thanks to its PC…
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In an interview with CRN, AMD’s Matt Unangst says channel partners have a ‘really important role’ to play in helping business customers understand the value of AI PCs and how its latest Ryzen Pro processors are enabling ‘best-in-class’ performance and battery life. The head of AMD’s commercial PC business said the company’s latest Ryzen processors…
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The three global investment firms are considering investing in a joint venture with Intel to build Intel’s new Ireland-based semiconductor fabrication plant, part of a worldwide effort by Intel to become a global semiconductor manufacturing powerhouse. Several major investment companies are considering investing billions of dollars with Intel to help build that company’s new Ireland…
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‘Semiconductors are the currency that will drive the global economy for decades to come. We are one of two, maybe three, companies in the world that can continue to enable next-generation chip technologies and the only one that has Western capacity and R&D, and we will participate in the entire AI market,’ says Intel CEO…
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